routine
noun
[ ruːˈtiːn ]
• a sequence of actions regularly followed.
• "I settled down into a routine of work and sleep"
Similar:
procedure,
practice,
pattern,
drill,
regime,
regimen,
groove,
programme,
schedule,
plan,
formula,
method,
system,
order,
ways,
customs,
habits,
usages,
wont,
modus operandi,
praxis,
routine
adjective
• performed as part of a regular procedure rather than for a special reason.
• "the Ministry insisted that this was just a routine annual drill"
Similar:
standard,
regular,
customary,
accustomed,
normal,
usual,
ordinary,
established,
natural,
unexceptional,
typical,
everyday,
common,
commonplace,
conventional,
day-to-day,
habitual,
wonted,
familiar,
routine
verb
• organize according to a routine.
• "all had been routined with smoothness"
Origin:
late 17th century (denoting a regular course or procedure): from French, from route ‘road’ (see route).
